Kiska
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Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kiska
- Islands.image_name
- KiskaMap.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- A topographical map of Kiska
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.native_name
- Qisxa
- Islands.native_name_link
- Aleut language
- Islands.archipelago
- Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands
- Islands.area_sqmi
- 107.22
- Islands.length_mi
- 22
- Islands.width_mi
- 1.5
- Islands.width_footnotes
- -
- Islands.highest_mount
- Kiska Volcano
- Islands.elevation_ft
- 4,004
- Islands.country
- United States
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- State
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Alaska
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Census Area
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Aleutians West Census Area
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- European discovery (1741)
- After discovery (1741–1939)
- World War II (1939–1945)
- Since World War II
- In fiction
- Kiska Volcano
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|right|Map of the western Aleutian Islands. Kiska is shown as Island #7; [[Attu Island is shown as Island #1.]]
Kiska (, ) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about long and varies in width from . It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission is required to visit it. The island has no permanent population.
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